The Stakis one is weird as it was an old casino in Scotland I never went to, so not sure where I acquired it from.
Grosvenor and Stanley (now Genting) were both local to me and the Western in Acton I'd travel too at least once a week. That was a real underground club with lots of dodgy guys, but I loved it, felt like Teddy KGB's place.
None of these type of clubs really exist in the UK anymore after the big casino chains put pressure on the government to be stricter on licensing. A real shame as although casinos are OK, I used to love the vibe of a 'real' poker club.
The Olympic casino chips are from Estonia - me and a poker buddy were planning a weekend poker trip to London and we soon realised it wouldn't cost much more to go to Europe. So we looked at upcoming festivals and choose somewhere random. Flights were £75 return and the hotel was the same for 3 nights.
Turned into a great trip, Tallinn is a brilliant place and the poker action was immense. The cash games were always mixed games - PLHE, PLO, PLO8 and PL Soko which is a great game.
http://www.top15poker.com/rules/Soko.html
Would highly recommend it for your home games, great action.
I miss traveling for poker and intend to do some more in the future.
